It has recently come to my attention (said in fake Chloe Sevigny voice) that these uber-long vacation recaps are probably uber-boring to anyone who isn’t me.

Guess what, though? I don’t care, Pierre! They are nice to look at later on to remember special vacations, and the chronological order pleases my brain. Here we are at Cannon Beach. It was completely overcast by the time we hit the beach to check it out. I had to lighten these photos a whoooole lot. Actually, I had to lighten ALL of our Oregon coast photos. So misty! So cloudy!

We wanted to look at the famous Haystack Rock, so we parked at one end of the beach and went in search of it. Of course, we parked on the end of the beach away from Haystack Rock, but that’s okay, we eventually walked to it.

Ta daaaah! Cannon Beach was really popular–much more so than Manzanita. I did see one person wearing a bikini (brave!)–everyone else was decked out in long-sleeved shirts, pants.

Maggie gazing toward the sea.

Love this shot. Poor Maggie–old age (nearly eight) has finally caught up with her…she’s limping around this week from over-doing it last week, and I just had to order her some medicine from the vet to help with her incontinence. Sad face.

Josh taunting me with a crab leg. We did go out for crab legs that night in Lincoln City and they were sooooo goooood. Crab legs dipped in hot butter is one of my favorite dinners, and I only have it once or twice a year. To keep it special. “Bonus”: my glitter nail stickers, which lasted about 2 days on the salty Oregon coast, actually fell off when I was tearing apart crab legs and landed in my butter. GROSS. The Oregon coast defies glamour!

Josh checking out Haystack Rock with his binoculars. We ventured close, but we thought we’d be coming back to Cannon Beach so we didn’t get right up to the rock. We called for reservations to stay in Cannon Beach our last night, but everything was booked, not dog-friendly or way out of our price range. In the end, staying in Lincoln City all five nights worked out just fine.

My parents have a watercolor painting of Haystack Rock in their living room from one of our family vacations. It’s a landmark!

Walking back to the car, we spotted this lighthouse in the distance.

Maggie poses next to a fun graffiti wall.

By the time we finished walking on the beach it was getting late, so we drove back to Lincoln City to inhale crab legs and butter at a late dinner, around 9 pm. Worth it!

Today we are going to meet and greet our new neighbors next door at their “friends and family” garage sale. They are a couple in their 20’s (I assume–or really well-preserved 30’s), and our backyard has steadily smelled of pot ever since they moved in. I’m not complaining! I think weed smells great. It’s just different from the elderly couple that lived there for so long before. They have a big, woolly dog named Pepper–Pepper and Bear Schnubs met yesterday and seemed to hit it off. I figured we could take Limpy over there today and see how she gets along with Pepper. Happy Saturday, blog-logs!